Project Manager
Location: US, AL, Montgomery
Department: PMO - Program Manager's Office
Salary range: 156000-187200

Company profile:
CARES is Alabama’s approach to the modernization of the enrollment and eligibility systems for Medicaid, Child Health Insurance Program, Food Assistance, TANF and Subsidized Child Care. Through this system, citizens will be linked with critical, life-saving services in an efficient, user-centric interface. 

Job description:
Provide the following duties:Responsible for running complex programs and projects; which includes handling tasks that are involved in designing and development, as well as production.Undertakes strategy creation for contingency planning and risk mitigationFully utilizing Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) from a Program perspective, tracking: requirements, work items, bugs, deliverables, builds, and source code.Facilitate delivery of program objectives.Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met appropriately at the program level.Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer goals.Proactively communicate project status, issues &amp; risks to management.Provide mentoring and coaching where and when appropriate to other members of the team to better equip the team to be as productive and efficient as possibleFollow Scrum/Agile MethodologyOther duties may be assigned. 

Requirements:
The Project Manager provided shall, at a minimum, meet the following requirements or possess an equivalent combination of education and experience: Experience:Experience with State Government, Medicaid, CHIP and DHR business area or healthcare industryProject Management Professional (PMI) CertificationAbility to organize and lead project related meetings with customer, development staff, and sponsor level staffProficiency with MS Office (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)Proficiency with MS Project and MS Team Foundation Server (TFS)Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessionsExperience working with test plans and test casesAbility to work with end users/customers to understand and develop requirementsExperience with Project Status ReportingExperience with Project Quality ManagementExperience with Project Budget ManagementExperience with Project Resource/Staffing ManagementExperience with Project Change ManagementExperience with Project Issue ManagementExperience with project management methodology and able to apply methodology in a practical mannerNeeds to be able to work independently and not rely on State or other team members for direction Skill/Technology:Five years’ experience with Extensive Knowledge of IT project management; specific experience and knowledge of the following:Working hands-on with all aspects of the System Development Life CycleExcellent written and verbal communication skillsAbility to develop and negotiate win/win solutions to project issuesProcess knowledge and experience leading Agile software projectsExperience with system requirements and their constraints/dependenciesAbility to break down prioritized deliverables into individual iterationsProven record of delivering robust, on-time solutions within budgetCommitment to personal and professional development Education/Certification:Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with advance education in fields related to position or equivalent experience 

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